Postcard: sepia coloured card - biplane with three men standing alongside and on plane. Written on top of photo' army aeroplane No. 304 ( Cody type )'John Drew, Aldershot & Farnborough. Our aerial defence series.aviation, military, army aeroplane, basil watson, biplane

Postcard: sepia coloured card, image of biplane. Written on card ' Maurice Farman type ' 214' 70 H.P. Renault'aviation, civilian, maurice farman type 305, basil watson, biplane, maurice farman

Postcard: biplane, three men working on plane. Buildings at rear of plane. Men standing in front of buildings. In front of photo boxes with 'Shell' stamped on them. On bottom of card written in white ' Avro-Green G5 horse power doing transport test'aviation, civilian, avro green g5, basil watson, biplane

Postcard: black and white card - two sections. On top aeroplane, 'Patented 1906, the first free aeroplane to leave the ground in Britain' On bottom of card, photo of three tiered wing aeroplane. Written on bottom' Avro' plane flying with only 14 h.p. On back of card: The 'Avro'plane. The first aeroplane illustrated was the first free heavier-than-air machine to leave the the ground. Before this however, very interesting flights were made when towed by a motor car at Brooklands Track. The other photo shows a flight with 14 horse power, but previous to this some hundreds of flights were made with only a nine horse power engine. A record which has not yet been beaten or equalled. Mr. A.V. Roe is now making monoplanes, biplanes and triplanes &c. For full particulars please write to A.V. Roe & Co., Brownsfield Mills, Manchester.aviation, civilian, avro biplane, basil watson, biplane, aeroplane

Postcard: sepia coloured card. Aeroplane flying in clear sky. Taken from underneath, appears to be single wing.aviation, civilian, aeroplane in sky, basil watson, biplane

Postcard: sepia coloured card. Young man wearing a jacket and peaked style 'porkpie' hat ( on back to front ) sitting in cockpit of plane. Written on bottom of card in white ' Tom. Sopwith' and 'copyright'Topical Postcard Co., Winton, Hants.aviation, civilian, tom sopwith, basil watson. biplane, aeroplane

Postcard: sepia coloured card. Man dressed in three piece suit, standing in front (LH side ) of biplane. Plane is situated on ground, large crowds in background in front of sheds ( hangars? ) On front of hangars written in white ' The Aircraft Company ….? ' On bottom LH side of card written in white ' Mr. Raynham Avro Biplaplane ( sic )'Topical Postcard Co., Winton, Hants.aviation, civilian, biplane, basil watson, biplane, aeroplane, raynham, avro biplane

Souvenir parachute released from Basil Watson's Biplane enclosed in envelope 'The Australian T & G Mutual Life Assurance Society ltd., incorporated in Victoria 1876' Paper parachute in the form of a red, white and blue (Union Jack) square attached by cotton threads to a cardboard ''Shell'' logo. Printed on logo is ''Released from Basil Watson's biplane in Victoria 1917''. Advertising slogan for Shell benzine. 'Spare' cardboard Shell logo (detached from another Union Jack square?)person, individual, basil watson

Souvenir paper parachute ''Released from Basil Watson's biplane using 'Shell' benzine.'' Red, white and blue (Union Jack) square attached by 4 cotton threads to a cardboard cutout of the 'Shell' logo.person, individual, basil watson

Section of silk fabric from Biplane partly painted with airforce type symbol. Encrusted with fragments of red and blue paint (also loose). Plus sand? Could be from Basil Watson's plane that crashed into Port Phillip Bay, near Point Cook in 1917. Basil died in the accident.aviation, civilian, fabric

postcard: young man standing alongside plane. Written on bottom ' Mr. Pixton, flying at Hendon series'aviation, civilian, mr. pixton, basil watson collection, biplane, pixton

postcard: biplane flying over crowd of people. Women wearing long dresses, men suits and hats.aviation, civilian, biplane, basil watson collection. biplane

Postcard: man standing in front of biplane. Man is dressed in 3 piece suit, with dustcoat on top. On bottom ' Mr. Barnwell'aviation, civilian, mr barnwell, basil watson, barnwell, biplane

Piece of cream-coloured silk, no markings, from Basil Watson's biplane, in construction stage. Handwritten note states : 'Assam silk material used in covering the wings and fuselage of Basil Watson's airplane built by him in 1916. The wings and fuselage were then painted with an oil protective covering'person, individual, basil watson

Album of 8 photographs - Basil Watson biplane being constructed inside the family home: 1. Body frame of plane; 2 Watson standing in front of cockpit frame; 3. Section of wing and tail; 4. Watson in cockpit frame; 5. Side view of biplane in backyard; 6 Front view of biplane in backyard; 7. As for 6; 8. Rear view of biplane in backyard.photograph, aircraft, basil watson collection

Postcard: black and white card. Young man dressed in jacket, hat and goggles seated in cockpit of biplane. On bottom ' Gustav Hamel'aviation, civilian, gustav hamel, basil watson, gustav hamel, biplane

Postcard: black and white card. Biplane, flying over airfield. On bottom 'Sopwith 80 hp speed scout biplane, 1913. War office tests: slow speed 36.9 mph, fast speed 92 mph, climb 1050 ft. per minute.aviation, civilian, sopwith 1913, basil watson, speed scout biplane, war office.

Postcard: biplane. On bottom ' flying at Hendon, the five seater Grahame-White biplane'aviation, civilian, grahame-white at hendon, basil watson, grahame-white biplane.

A.H.S.A. (Aviation Historical Society of Australia) journal article - Basil Watson and aircraft photos; Jan/Feb 1967. Five photos on the single page: 1. Basil Watson's biplane at 'Foilacleugh', Melbourne, 1916; 2. Biplane under construction in Billiard Room, 1916; 3. Basil Watson (in centre) at Warrnambool, 1917; 4. Official souvenir cover (envelope) for 50th anniversary of airmail flight; 5. Piper Cherokee - PMG Department - 50th Anniversary of airmail flight.person, individual, basil watson

postcard: On front: biplane with floats being put into water, wooden ramp from wharf. No. 851 on tail of plane. Men standing along wharf observing. On rear of card addressed to : Mr. J.G. Watson, St. Kilda Street, Elsternwick, Victoria. On LH side ' Nov 19th, 225 HP Sustcam ? ' My dear Dad, I am going up to A. Adam's probably this week and will have the metric spanners sent out. I came across a good pipe bender today cannot test the piping am enquiring about it will let you know the results. I can get you several useful articles over here if you want them. Fas?'aviation, civilian, j.g. watson postcard, basil watson collection, j.g. watson

photograph: black and white photo of three men standing in front of biplane. On top RH , 'Basil' written in black. Writing on back of photo mostly illegible, in purple pencil ' 15 Selbay ? Tomace ?photograph, aircraft, basil watson collection, basil watson collection

postcard: Written on front ' Xmas greeting from the Australian Flying Squadron' ' O H Coulson' Picture of biplane flying in sky in centre, wings and colour patch of squadron top LH corner. On back of card written in blue ink ' on active service' Card is addressed to Mr. Basil G. Watson, ' Foilacleugh' St. Kilda Street Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. On LH side ' Egypt 1916/17, wishing you all the best for the coming season a happy Xmas and a Bright New Year, from your forgotten Pal, ' Nicco' , 1916/17.aviation, civilian, o.h. coulson postcard, basil watson collection, australian flying squadron, egypt

newspaper clipping: picture of biplane. Men inspecting plane. On bottom ' the King of the Belgiums inspecting a British ' Tabloid' biplane in Flanders'newspaper, aircraft, basil watson collection, basil watson collection, belgium, king

postcard: biplane, with crowd of people behind, sheds in background. Plane has 220 on rear. Written on top ' B.E. Type 220 70 H.P. Renault'John Drew, Aldersho & Farnborough, our aerial defence series 514aviation, civilian, 220 hp renault, basil watson collection, renault, farnborough

Postcard: biplane, with two man seated in plane. Man leaning on wheel. Written on bottom: Lieut. J.G. Porte, R.N. & H.M. Brock on the 100 H.P. Deperdussin, flying at Hendon'aviation, civilian, j.g. porte, h.m. brock, basil watson collection

Postcard: image of bi-plane. Faded print. Written on bottom ' flying at Hendon, the fastest biplane in the world, the Sopwith 80 hp.aviation, civilian, sopwith 80 hp, basil watson collection, hendon, sopwith.

Postcard: two people seated in cockpit/rear seat of plane. Man is wearing goggles, woman wearing scarf, and goggles. Writen on bottom ' Mr. G. Hamel & Miss. T. Davies'Topical Postcard Col, Winton, Hants.aviation, civilian, g. hamel , t. davies, basil watson collection, g. hameo, t. davies.

Postcard: man wearing goggles and flying hat, seated in cockpit of plane. Written on on bottom of image ' B.C. Hucks'aviation, civilian, b.c. hucks, basil watson collection, aviation, b.c. hucks.

Postcard: man, wearing harness and flying cap, seated in cockpit of plane. Written on image ' M. Pegoud'Topical Postcard Co., Winton, Hants.aviation, civilian, m. pegoud

Postcard: biplane flying over ocean. Written on top ' M. Chevillard with passenger commencing ascent in Henry Farman Machine 80 H.P. Gnome'aviation, civilian, m. chevillard, basil watson collection, m. chevillard, henry farman, gnome